Historic landfill sites in Wokingham, Wokingham
The Environment Agency records 30 historic landfill sites in and around Wokingham, Wokingham. covering roughly 51 hectares in total. The largest is Molly Millars Lane at 13.11 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Wokingham (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Millars Lane | 13.11 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Mulberry Park | 5.85 ha | 1969 | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Downfield No.1 | 5.61 ha | 1981 | Liquid / sludgeHouseholdCommercial |
| Coleshill Farm | 5.41 ha | 1989 | IndustrialInert |
| Moor Farm | 4.34 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Sandlea Farm | 3.14 ha | — | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Stevemar Metals, Forest Road | 2.18 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Billingbear Binfield | 1.75 ha | 1979 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Blue Pool | 1.69 ha | — | SpecialIndustrialCommercialInert |
| Buckhurst Piggeries | 1.03 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Clarendon Close | 1.02 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Caravan Site | 0.91 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Plough Lane | 0.74 ha | 1949 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Bearwood College No.2 | 0.67 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Highland Avenue | 0.64 ha | 1982 | IndustrialInert |
| Church Farm | 0.49 ha | 1969 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Foxcote | 0.47 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Keephatch Farm | 0.33 ha | 1969 | Inert |
| Silverstock Bog | 0.31 ha | — | IndustrialCommercialInert |
| Halls Lane | 0.3 ha | 1979 | Inert |
| The Dene | 0.25 ha | 1984 | Inert |
| Bullaways Farm | 0.22 ha | 1981 | Inert |
| Barkham Rise | 0.21 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Piggery Mill Lane | 0.17 ha | — | IndustrialInert |
| Sand Pit | 0.17 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Finchampstead Road | 0.1 ha | — | Household |
| Shurlock Road | 0.1 ha | 1979 | IndustrialInert |
| Ingle Glen | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Jerrymoor Hill | 0.09 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Neville Close | 0.05 ha | 1984 | IndustrialInert |
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Wokingham?
- 30 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Wokingham town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Wokingham?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.